The Laboratory Storage Area

Behind us on the racks are huge "parcels" of dinosaur fossils that have been dug up and then wrapped in plaster of Paris to preserve them while they await their turn to be processed. Some of the fossils were date 2009 so they have to wait a long time!

Banjo, Matilda and Big White Rocks for 'Ron

August 11th 2014
We picked up Nancy at around 10am and set off to the Australian “Age of Dinosaurs” situated on the Jump Up about 25km out of Winton. A jump up is the local name for an escarpment with a flat table-like top, or mesa. There are quite a few in this area. They are the remains of the forest floor that has eroded away around them, leaving the rocky areas behind. It was quite a steep climb and mostly ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Winton

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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